The Daily Campus

"While these concerns have to be expected, as any use of a religious text in a governmental institution is likely to raise eyebrows, in this case they are largely unwarranted. The state of Georgia has taken the proper steps to ensure that the Bible is taught as a piece of literature and taught only to students willing to learn about it."

These concerns are expected? Largely unwarranted? According to whom? Students don't have a real choice. When there are classes for history and literature study of philosophy in high school, then maybe there'll be a real choice. Until then, people are just spreading "the Word" any way that they can. To some of us, the Bible is irrelevant, antiquated, and plagued with inconsistent reasoning. To teach it as a piece of Literature is controversial because it's a doctrine of religious belief. If it were meant to be a piece of literature, then we'd make fun of Christians as much as we make fun of Scientologists. I hope this is nipped in the bud before it gets out of control. It cheapens both our educational system and Christian faith.

Another point of objection, who is going to teach it as literature? If the teacher starts criticizing the Bible for it's literary merit, there will be uproar that the teacher is an evil Athiest spreading propaganda of unbelief. If the teacher treats it as a work of divine brilliance, then it's no different than holding Sunday school. You want your kid to study the Bible as a piece of Literature, join a Bible book club. It has NO place in the curriculum of public education.